Two girls chant slogans as one holds an image of the late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, Friday, April 17, 2026, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
People displaced by fighting between Hezbollah and Israel return to their villages in Lebanon following a ceasefire that went into effect Friday.
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Residents drive past the rubble of destroyed buildings in Dahiyeh, Beirut’s southern suburbs, Lebanon, Friday, April 17, 2026, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)Mahmoud Ghadboun retrieves some of his belongings from a building destroyed in a previous Israeli airstrike, during a ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel in the Hosh neighborhood of Tyre, southern Lebanon, on Sunday, April 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)Displaced people walk across a destroyed bridge as they return to their villages, following a ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel, in Tayr Felsay village, southern Lebanon, Sunday, April 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)Assem Abdallah reacts as he enters his friend apartment destroyed in a Israeli airstrike in Kfar Roumman, southern Lebanon, Friday, April 17, 2026, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Lebanese Rida Hijazi checks his house damaged in an Israeli airstrike on Thursday, in the city of Tyre, southern Lebanon, Saturday, April 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)Barber Mohammad Mehdi cuts the hair of his client Ayman Al Zein inside his shop, which was damaged in an Israeli airstrike that also damaged Al Zein’s shop, in Dahiyeh, Beirut’s southern suburbs, Lebanon, Saturday, April 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Displaced residents drive back to their villages following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, in Jiyeh, near Saida, southern Lebanon, Friday, April 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)An ambulance belonging to Hezbollah’s health unit lies amid the rubble of a medical center destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Jibchit, southern Lebanon, Friday, April 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Displaced residents wave a flag with the image of Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem as they return to their villages following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, in Zefta, southern Lebanon, Friday, April 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Displaced people returning to their villages following a ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel, cross the destroyed Qasmiyeh bridge near Tyre city, south Lebanon, Friday, April 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)A displaced man gestures lying over belongings on a mini pickup, in Qasmiyeh near Tyre city, south Lebanon, as he returns with his family to their village following a ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel, Friday, April 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)Displaced residents wave Hezbollah flags, including one bearing a picture of its leader, Naim Qassem, as they pass rubble of destroyed buildings in Dahiyeh, Beirut’s southern suburbs, Lebanon, Friday, April 17, 2026, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)Mahmoud Sahmarani, 33, rests in a hospital bed as he is comforted by his mother and aunt after being injured in an Israeli airstrike, at Al-Najda Al-Shaabiya Hospital, in Nabatiyeh, southern Lebanon, Friday, April 17, 2026, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)A woman, no name given, enters her house heavily damaged in a Israeli airstrike in Kfar Roumman, southern Lebanon, Friday, April 17, 2026, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Municipal workers clean the streets in Dahiyeh, Beirut’s southern suburbs, Lebanon, Friday, April 17, 2026, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)Displaced residents drive a motorcycle back to their villages following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, in Saida, Lebanon, Friday, April 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)A locals resident walks among debris inside a mosque destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Jibchit, southern Lebanon, Friday, April 17, 2026, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Residents pass the rubble of destroyed buildings, where a Hezbollah flag and an image of its late leader Hassan Nasrallah are placed, in Dahiyeh, Beirut’s southern suburbs, Lebanon, Friday, April 17, 2026, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)A Hezbollah health unit member Ali Fahos places portraits of his colleagues, killed during the previous war with Israel, next to a building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Jibchit, southern Lebanon, Friday, April 17, 2026, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)A man rides a horse past the site of buildings destroyed in an Israeli airstrike, in Jibchit, southern Lebanon, Friday, April 17, 2026, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)A displaced woman holding her dog sits in her tent in Beirut, Lebanon, awaiting an official order from Hezbollah to return to her home in south Lebanon following a ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel, Friday, April 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)Rescuers search for victims in the rubble of a destroyed building that was struck in Israeli airstrikes in the city of Tyre, south Lebanon, Friday, April 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)A crow sits on a the head of a mannequin with military clothing used as a decoy in northern Israel, on the border with Lebanon following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, Friday, April 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)An Israeli soldier orders drinks from a coffee shop in northern Israel, on the border with Lebanon following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, Friday, April 17, 2026. Signage in Hebrew reads, “Coffee on the border.”(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)Residents inspect damage at the site of buildings destroyed in Israeli airstrikes, in Jibchit, southern Lebanon, Friday, April 17, 2026, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)People wave Hezbollah flags and an image of late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, in Zefta, southern Lebanon, Friday, April 17, 2026, as displaced residents drive back to their villages following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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